Annual Cut Flower Garden Design

Your cutting flowers will need a soil that is rich in organic matter to improve water retention and drainage.

Annual cut flower garden design. If possible take time to work in compost and all purpose organic fertilizer. Whether you re a professional floral designer looking to add some unique options to special bridal bouquets or a home gardener who loves to bring a garden fresh bouquet in to grace your kitchen table growing flowers for cutting is a true joy. 8 to 48 inches tall and 6 to 18 inches wide.

You can select perennials that flower at different times so as to make the flower garden look lively. The most efficient way to set up a cutting garden is to grow your flowers in rows as you would vegetables. Annuals for cut flowers acroclinium everlasting amaranthus caudatus love lies bleeding antirrhinum snapdragon arctotis grandis bushy arctotis.

Here s how i designed mine using square foot gardening techniques plus some of my favourite flowers like zinnias snapdragons dahlias and calendula to grow. With a rainbow of colors to choose from this old fashioned annual will never go off trend. This zone 5 to 8 garden integrates charming old time annuals and perennials herbs and flowering shrubs to produce a simple informal display that provides plenty of flowers for cutting.

21 top cutting garden flowers. Taller varieties are the most versatile for cut flowers but may need staking. Zinnia purple prince zinnia elegans a classic cutting garden favorite purple prince zinnia s earliest appearance in the seed trade was in a 1949 catalog.

Get the garden plan. You can grow a beautiful cut flower garden with annual flowers to make stunning bouquets even if you re in a small space. Looking to grow your own cutting garden.

We like to incorporate a dose of a balanced slow acting granular organic fertilizer at the start of the season. This flower garden design fills the wish list of amateur and expert gardeners alike with. This plot is almost maintenance free for at least five years it will need no staking dividing or pruning.